/**
 * Copyright 2007-2008 Vidar Svansson
 *     
 * This file is part of JAdapter.
 * 
 * JAdapter is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 * 
 * JAdapter is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with JAdapter.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

package org.jadapter.registry;

import org.jadapter.Query;

/**
 * Factory for {@link org.jadapter.Query} objects with an 
 * injected {@link AdapterRegistry} instance.
 * 
 * @author Vidar Svansson
 * 
 * @since 0.1
 * 
 * @see Query
 *
 */
public interface QueryFactory {

    /** 
     * Create a {@link Query} object with an injected {@link AdapterRegistry} instance.
     * <br></br><br></br>
     * @param t elements represented by this Query.
     * @return a new Query object with an injected {@link AdapterRegistry} instance
     */
    public <T> Query<T> query(T... t);
    
    /** 
     * Create a {@link Query} object with an injected {@link AdapterRegistry} instance.
     * <br></br><br></br>
     * @param iterable elements represented by this Query.
     * @return a new Query object with an injected {@link AdapterRegistry} instance
     */
    public <T> Query<T> query(Iterable<T> iterable);

    /** 
     * Create a string {@link Query} object with an injected {@link AdapterRegistry} instance.
     * <br></br><br></br>
     * @param string elements represented by this Query.
     * @return a new string Query object with an injected {@link AdapterRegistry} instance
     */
    public Query<String> query(String string);

}